Tuesday, April 29, 2008



Padre Pio's body goes on display in his home town 40 years after his death /msbn

Saturday, April 26, 2008


Tehran, Iran: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad helps a women who fainted after meeting him inside a polling stationPhotograph: Behrouz Mehri /AFP

Wednesday, November 21, 2007














A French sniper looks through his rifle's scope while keeping watch over Qarabagh district, about 40 km (25 miles) north of Kabul, Afghanistan, November 20, 2007.
REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

Saturday, November 17, 2007










Cuba's Yanelis Santos Allegne and Nancy Carrillo de la Paz jump to block the spike from Serbia at the second set of the fourth phase match of FIVB Volleyball World Cup 2007 in Nagoya, central Japan, November 16, 2007.(JAPAN)
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-hoon

Tuesday, November 13, 2007


Two children sit in front of a U.S. soldier from 2nd Platoon, G Company, 3rd Squadron 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment during their patrol in Baghdad November 10, 2007.
REUTERS/Stefano Rellandin

Saturday, November 10, 2007



French President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) kisses the hand of first lady Laura Bush as U.S. President George W. Bush looks on upon his arrival for dinner at the White House in Washington November 6, 2007. (UNITED STATES)
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Wednesday, November 07, 2007



Israeli soldiers walk near the Kissufim crossing, as they return from an operation in Gaza, November 7, 2007. Israel quit Gaza in 2005 after 38 years of occupation but has regularly staged commando raids and air strikes against suspected militant bases and rocket crews. (ISRAEL)
REUTERS/Amir Cohen












Friday, November 02, 2007



Migrant workers pose for a wedding photo at a demolished site in Chongqing municipality October 31, 2007. Five couples took free wedding photos offered by a real estate developer to mark the local Migrant Workers' Day, which falls on November 4, local media reported.
REUTERS/Stringer

Tuesday, July 11, 2006


French captain Zinedine Zidane (right) was ejected for this headbutt on Italy's Marco Materazzi during the World Cup final.(Reuters)

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Sunday, April 23, 2006


A French student holds a flower behind the shield of of a riot policeman during a protest against the government's new plan for reducing joblessness in Lille, northern France March 30, 2006. The fate of a contested French labour law, known as CPE, that has inspired massive protests, gravely wounding its champion Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, hung Thursday on a council of experts. The Constitutional Council was weighing a demand from the opposition Socialists that the law be thrown out as unconstitutional.

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Wednesday, April 12, 2006


dancers perform with samples of enriched uranium after Mahmoud announced Iran had enriched uranium to make nuclear fuel / Reuters Posted by Picasa

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Animal rights activists wearing sheep masks protest against the illegal slaughter of sheep at home, outside the Belgian Muslims Executive headquarters in Brussels January 10, 2006. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-al-Adha by slaughtering sheep, goats and cows to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, Ismail, on God's command.

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Saturday, November 12, 2005


Akkad And Rima Posted by Picasa

Saturday, October 29, 2005


Baseball fan Krystil Burney, who is recovering from cancer treatments, watches team warm-ups while painted like a baseball before the start of Game 3 between the Houston Astros and Chicago White Sox in Major League Baseball's 2005 World Series in Houston, Texas, October 25, 2005.

25 Oct 2005 REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
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Monday, October 17, 2005


A homeless man stands on his head in a bucket in an attempt to attract donations from passersby in Edinburgh,Scotland.

10 Oct 2005 AP/ David Cheskin

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Sunday, October 16, 2005


A Russian soldier stands on a street in Nalchik October 14, 2005. Rebels who try to attack Russian targets in the future will be decisively crushed, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday after his security forces killed scores of gunmen who attacked the southern town of Nalchik.

14 Oct 2005 REUTERS/Viktor Korotayev

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Saturday, October 15, 2005


A Kashmiri prays on graves damaged by the earthquake in Balakot October 13, 2005. Balakot was one of the towns worst hit by the quake, which some officials say may have killed as many as 40,000 people, and residents have complained about the slow pace of relief efforts. A steady flow of relief supplies rumbled into Pakistan's earthquake zone on Thursday but the scene remained chaotic as survivors and rescuers sought in vain for ways to distribute the material.

13 Oct 2005 REUTERS/Mian Khursheed
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Friday, October 14, 2005


A man peers at the back of the "Chess Player", which is part the "Bodyworlds" exhibit at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia October 6, 2005. Gunther von Hagens from Germany uses the plastination technique to preserve human bodies for display and demonstration. "Bodyworlds" will be on display until April 23, 2006.

06 Oct 2005 REUTERS/Tim Shaffer

See :
The Franklin Institute Online (Body Worlds)
Also :
Body Worlds
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Thursday, October 13, 2005


Pakistani villagers displaced by Satuday�s earthquake make their way toward the town of Balakot,Where aid was beginning to arrive.

13 October 2005 WashingtonPost/Andrea Bruce

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